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    "He looked in astonishment‚ no longer at himself but at an awesome stranger… He began to dance and his laughter became a bloodthirsty snarling… The face of red and white and black swung through the air…" In the novel Lord of the Flies‚ an account of primitive religion is evident in the behavior of the hunting party. Initially‚ we will explore chant and uniform action and it’s spiritual effects on the human mind and soul. Secondly‚ it will be discussed how primitive peoples gain satisfaction from

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    The Hunters’ Masks in Lord of the Flies Though a mask may just be a shaped piece of plastic‚ a paper cut out or a painted face‚ they all have the same ability to create the feeling of freedom of responsibility. In William Golding’s‚ Lord of the Flies‚ the deserted boys go through many changes‚ both physically and mentally just by donning masks. When the boys first arrive on the island‚ they are unable to successfully find and kill food; they also try hard to keep things civilized. As the novel

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    Symbolism in Lord of the Flies Acclaimed author‚ William Golding‚ once said that his novel‚ Lord of the Flies‚ is symbolic from the very first page to the very last page and that throughout the course of the novel the meanings of the symbols are frequently changing‚ thus giving new interpretations of the symbols and the novel. Three of these key‚ persistently changing symbols of Lord of the Flies are the conch shell‚ which symbolizes order and power‚ Piggy’s glasses‚ which symbolize intelligence

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    Goldie Bignell The successful and what could have been successful societies in both Lord of the Flies and The Crucible eventually decayed and fell apart. There were struggles with good and evil in Salem and on the island that were the result of three main elements. Fear‚ misuse of power and fanatical religious beliefs were the cause of the two societies failure. In Salem‚ anything unusual or different from the norm was seen as alien and sinful. When Parris saw the girls dancing in the woods

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    society must depend on the ethical nature of the individual and not on any political system however apparently logical or respectable” (186). He believes that problems with society can be traced “back to the defects of human nature” (186). In Lord of the Flies‚ Golding uses two boys from the traditionally socially rigid country of England to illustrate the idea that‚ if left unchecked‚ the animalistic nature that resides deep within the hearts of human beings will overcome society’s rules and mores

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    In The Lord of the Flies by William Golding‚ Golding emphasizes the conflict between two opposite impulses that are inside every one of us: whether to follow the rules and be in order‚ or to go into violence and turn into savages. Golding expresses this by using the protagonist and antagonist of the story‚ Ralph and Jack. Ralph represents order in this book. In the beginning‚ he is known as the leader. He uses the conch to bring everyone together and the conch is what made him the leader in the

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    Alienation‚ out group‚ rites of passage‚ hunting and gathering‚ oligarchy‚ coalition‚ power‚ authority‚ obedience‚ discovery‚ invention‚ culture shock‚ deviance‚ norms‚ values‚ machismo --- all of which are found in the paragraph below. Lord of the Flies not only serves as a great coming of age tale but also introduces many sociological concepts that can be exposed through the plot and characters within the movie/book. Like any coming of age tale there are rites of passage in which the boys experience

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    Manangan 1  Czarlene Manangan  Mitchell   English 10 H P5  08 March 2015  Lord of the Flies Analysis: Bullying   Fear is the kid in the sandbox carefully building his sandcastle out of survival and sanity.  Power is the boy stomping his way over to Fear‚ reaching down for a handful of sand to hurl into  his eyes. Control‚ power ’s identical twin‚ stomps on Fear ’s sandcastle until every block of hope  disintegrates. Fear cries and crashes down to the floor‚ as Power and Control cackle at his pain

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    by society‚ and if society is taken away‚ then that “monster” will consume them. This is true for most people‚ but not all humans are like that. One of the most notable humans to over come the “monster” is Simon‚ a character from the book “Lord of the Flies” by William Golding. The story is set on an island in the Pacific Ocean. A plane full of British schoolboys crash lands on an island and they’re stranded there with no adults‚ no society‚ and no rules. Simon is one of the few characters that

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    In William Golding’s "Lord Of The Flies"‚ there are many frightening moments that cause drama and suspense. Such as‚ throughout the book when all the kids live on their own with no parents. They are all young in age‚ there is no help anywhere near by‚ they need to build shelters in order to live. There is no way off of this island unless a boat notices them‚ there are no hospitals in case of an injury‚ and there is limited supply of food and water. Also‚ they have no contact with anyone‚ and they

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